The Religious Affiliation of
Shang-Chi
 

Religion: Taoist monk

Name: Shang-Chi

Other Names: Master of Kung-fu

Classification:  hero    clergy/religious leader  

Publisher(s):

First Appearance: Special Marvel Edition #15 (Dec. 1973): "Shang Chi, Master of Kung Fu!"

Creators: Steve Englehart, Jim Starlin, Al Milgrom

Super? (Has Super Powers/Special Abilities/Technology): Yes

Number of Appearances: 313

   Comic Book Appearances: 312

   TV, Film Appearances: 1

Teams/Affiliations: Heroes for Hire; Marvel Knights; MI-6; Secret Avengers; The Avengers

Enemy of: Fu Manchu

Race: black

Gender: male

This character is in the following 163 stories which have been indexed by this website:
Avengers

Avengers (vol. 5) #1 (Feb. 2013): "Avengers World" (1-panel cameo)
Avengers (vol. 5) #2 (Feb. 2013): "We Were Avengers" (4-panel cameo)
Avengers (vol. 5) #3 (Mar. 2013): "The Garden"

Captain America (vol. 1) #302 (Feb. 1985): "...And Other Strangers!" (cameo)
Civil War: Battle Damage Report #1 (Mar. 2007)
Daredevil Annual #10 (May 1994): "Vendettas"
The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu

The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #1 (Apr. 1974): "The Testing of Shang-Chi" (lead character)
The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #2 (June 1974): "Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu" (lead character)
The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #2 (June 1974): "The Origin of Shang-Chi" (lead character)
The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #3 (Aug. 1974): "Web of Bleeding Vipers!" (lead character)
The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #4 (Sep. 1974): "Circle of Serpent's Blood" (lead character)
The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #12 (May 1975): "Blood of the Golden Dragon" (lead character)
The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #29 (Oct. 1976): "To Slay the Savior" (lead character)
The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #32 (Jan. 1977): "Sons of the Tiger"

Elektra (vol. 1) #9 (Aug. 1997): "Four Strong Winds"
Essential Spider-Woman #1 (21 Dec. 2005): "Two Against Hydra" (lead character)
Exiles (vol. 1) #10 (Apr. 2002): "A World Apart: Part 3"
Giant-Size Master of Kung Fu

Giant-Size Master of Kung Fu #1 (Sep. 1974): "Death Masque!" (lead character)
Giant-Size Master of Kung Fu #1 (Sep. 1974): "Frozen Past, Shattered Memories" (lead character)
Giant-Size Master of Kung Fu #1 (Sep. 1974): "Reflections in a Rippled Pool" (lead character)
Giant-Size Master of Kung Fu #2 (Dec. 1974): "The Devil Doctor's Triumph" (lead character)
Giant-Size Master of Kung Fu #3 (Mar. 1975): "Fires of Rebirth" (lead character)
Giant-Size Master of Kung Fu #4 (June 1975): "Why a Tiger-Claw?!" (lead character)

GLA #2 (July 2005): "Dismembership Drive" (cameo)
Heroes for Hire

Heroes for Hire (vol. 2) #1 (Oct. 2006): "Taking it to the Streets, Part 1"
Heroes for Hire (vol. 2) #2 (Nov. 2006): "Taking it to the Streets, Part 2"
Heroes for Hire (vol. 2) #3 (Dec. 2006): "Civil Disobedience"
Heroes for Hire (vol. 2) #4 (Jan. 2007)
Heroes for Hire (vol. 2) #5 (Feb. 2007)
Heroes for Hire (vol. 2) #6 (Mar. 2007): "Guns, Gems, Robots and Terrorists!"
Heroes for Hire (vol. 2) #7 (Apr. 2007): "Guns, Gems, Robots and Terrorists! [Part 2]"
Heroes for Hire (vol. 2) #8 (May 2007): "[Guns, Gems, Robots and Terrorists! Part 3]"
Heroes for Hire (vol. 2) #9 (June 2007)
Heroes for Hire (vol. 2) #10 (July 2007)
Heroes for Hire (vol. 2) #11 (Aug. 2007): "World War Hulk, Part One: Infestation"
Heroes for Hire (vol. 2) #12 (Sep. 2007): "World War Hulk, Part Two: Subjugation"
Heroes for Hire (vol. 2) #13 (Oct. 2007): "World War Hulk, Part Three: Incarceration"
Heroes for Hire (vol. 2) #14 (Nov. 2007): "Procreation"
Heroes for Hire (vol. 2) #15 (Dec. 2007): "Extermination"

Journey Into Mystery

Journey Into Mystery (vol. 1) #514 (Nov. 1997): "The Ripple That Stirs" (lead character)
Journey Into Mystery (vol. 1) #515 (Dec. 1997): "To Catch a Wild Tiger By the Tail!" (lead character)
Journey Into Mystery (vol. 1) #516 (Jan. 1998): "Bring Me the Head of Shang-Chi!!" (lead character)

Ka-Zar the Savage #34 (Oct. 1984): "Land of the Cancelled Heroes"
Marvel Comics Presents

Marvel Comics Presents (vol. 1) #1 (Early Sep. 1988): "Crossing Lines, Part 1: Ripples" (lead character)
Marvel Comics Presents (vol. 1) #2 (Mid-Sep. 1988): "Crossing Lines, Part 2: Bait" (lead character)
Marvel Comics Presents (vol. 1) #3 (Late Sep. 1988): "Crossing Lines, Part 3: Fish" (lead character)
Marvel Comics Presents (vol. 1) #4 (Early Oct. 1988): "Crossing Lines, Part 4: Water" (lead character)
Marvel Comics Presents (vol. 1) #5 (Late Oct. 1988): "Crossing Lines, Part 5: Lures" (lead character)
Marvel Comics Presents (vol. 1) #6 (Early Nov. 1988): "Crossing Lines, Part 6: Shoals" (lead character)
Marvel Comics Presents (vol. 1) #7 (Late Nov. 1988): "Crossing Lines Part 7: Hooks" (lead character)
Marvel Comics Presents (vol. 1) #8 (Early Dec. 1988): "Crossing Lines Part 8: Kills" (lead character)
Marvel Comics Presents (vol. 1) #156 (Early June 1994): "The Gauntlet" (lead character)
Marvel Comics Presents (vol. 1) #157 (Late June 1994): "The Gauntlet" (lead character)
Marvel Comics Presents (vol. 1) #158 (Early July 1994): "The Gauntlet" (lead character)

Marvel Fanfare

Marvel Fanfare (vol. 1) #10 (Aug. 1983): "Brent Anderson Portfolio"
Marvel Fanfare (vol. 1) #25 (Mar. 1986): "Original Sim"

Marvel Knights

Marvel Knights (vol. 1) #1 (July 2000): "The Burrowers"
Marvel Knights (vol. 1) #2 (Aug. 2000): "Thunder Below"
Marvel Knights (vol. 1) #3 (Sep. 2000): "The Destroyers"
Marvel Knights (vol. 1) #4 (Oct. 2000): "Zaran"
Marvel Knights (vol. 1) #5 (Nov. 2000): "Family and Friends"
Marvel Knights (vol. 1) #6 (Dec. 2000): "The Reckoning"
Marvel Knights (vol. 1) #7 (Jan. 2001): "Strange Matters"
Marvel Knights (vol. 1) #8 (Feb. 2001): "Dark Matters"
Marvel Knights (vol. 1) #9 (Mar. 2001): "Final Matters"
Marvel Knights (vol. 1) #11 (May 2001): "Hero for Hire"
Marvel Knights (vol. 1) #12 (June 2001): "The Long, Long Night"
Marvel Knights (vol. 1) #13 (July 2001): "No Rest for the Wicked"
Marvel Knights (vol. 1) #14 (Aug. 2001): "Everything Dies"
Marvel Knights (vol. 1) #15 (Sep. 2001): "The Unreal World"

Marvel Team-Up

Marvel Team-Up (vol. 1) #84 (Aug. 1979): "Catch a Falling Hero" (lead character)
Marvel Team-Up (vol. 1) #85 (Sep. 1979): "The Woman Who Never Was!"

Marvel Two-in-One (vol. 1) #29 (July 1977): "Two Against Hydra" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu

Master of Kung Fu #17 (Apr. 1974): "Lair of the Lost!" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #18 (June 1974): "Attack!" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #19 (Aug. 1974): "Retreat" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #20 (Sep. 1974): "Weapon of the Soul" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #23 (Dec. 1974): "River of Death!" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #24 (Jan. 1975): "Massacre Along the Amazon!" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #26 (Mar. 1975): "Daughter of Darkness!" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #27 (Apr. 1975): "Confrontation" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #28 (May 1975): "A Small Spirit Slowly Shaped..." (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #29 (June 1975): "The Crystal Connection" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #31 (Aug. 1975): "Snowbuster" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #32 (Sep. 1975): "Assault on an Angry Sea!" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #33 (Oct. 1975): "Wicked Messenger of Madness" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #37 (Feb. 1976): "Web of Dark Death!" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #38 (Mar. 1976): "Cat" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #40 (May 1976): "The Murder Agency" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #41 (June 1976): "Slain in Secrecy, and by Illusion!" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #42 (July 1976): "The Clock of Shattered Time" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #43 (Aug. 1976): "A Flash of Purple Sparks" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #44 (Sep. 1976): "Prelude: Golden Daggers (A Death Run)" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #45 (Oct. 1976): "The Death Seed!" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #46 (Nov. 1976): "The Spider Spell!" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #47 (Dec. 1976): "Phantom Sand" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #51 (Apr. 1977): "Epilogue Brass and Blackness (A Death Move!!)" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #52 (May 1977): "A Night at the 1001 Nights" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #53 (June 1977): "Weapon of the Soul" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #54 (July 1977): "The Story of War-Yore" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #55 (Aug. 1977): "The Ages of Death!" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #59 (Dec. 1977): "The Phoenix Gambit" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #60 (Jan. 1978): "End Game" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #61 (Feb. 1978): "Glass Orchids" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #62 (Mar. 1978): "Red Seas" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #70 (Nov. 1978): "Home to Die" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #71 (Dec. 1978): "Nightimes" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #72 (Jan. 1979): "Traitors to the Crown" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #73 (Feb. 1979): "Prisoners of the Crown" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #74 (Mar. 1979): "Brynocki Triumphant" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #75 (Apr. 1979): "Shattered Crowns" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #76 (May 1979): "Smoke, Beads and Blood!" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #77 (June 1979): "Weapons" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #78 (July 1979): "Tread the Night Softly" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #79 (Aug. 1979): "To Sleep... This Side of Death" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #80 (Sep. 1979): "The Pride of Leopards" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #81 (Oct. 1979): "Breathless" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #82 (Nov. 1979): "Like a God, Weeping Fire" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #83 (Dec. 1979): "Warriors of the Golden Dawn Part 1: The Phoenix and the Snake" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #84 (Jan. 1980): "Warriors of the Golden Dawn Part 2: The Bull and the Dragon" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #85 (Feb. 1980): "Warriors of the Golden Dawn Part 3: The Ram and the Dove" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #86 (Mar. 1980): "Warriors of the Golden Dawn Part 4: The Phoenix and the Dragon" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #87 (Apr. 1980): "Warriors of the Golden Dawn Part 5: The Chrysalis and the Peacock" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #88 (May 1980): "Warriors of the Golden Dawn Part 6: The Leopard and the Dove" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #89 (June 1980): "Warriors of the Golden Dawn Part 7: The Dragons" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #90 (July 1980): "Triumphs of the Flesh" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #91 (Aug. 1980): "Triumphs of the Spirit" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #92 (Sep. 1980): "Shadows of a Silent Past" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #93 (Oct. 1980): "Midnight Wind" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #94 (Nov. 1980): "Agent Syn's Nightmare" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #95 (Dec. 1980): "The Samisdat Secret!" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #96 (Jan. 1981): "Carter's Super Midnight" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #97 (Feb. 1981): "Lost Art" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #98 (Mar. 1981): "The Journey as Goal" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #99 (Apr. 1981): "Bitter Harvest" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #100 (May 1981): "Red of Fang and Claw, All Love Lost" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #101 (June 1981): "Not Smoke, Nor Beads, Nor Blood!" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #102 (July 1981): "A Vision of Winter in Spring!" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #105 (Oct. 1981): "The Razor-Fist Connection" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #106 (Nov. 1981): "The Assassin Master" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #107 (Dec. 1981): "A Painless Result of Having Lived" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #110 (Mar. 1982): "Perilous Reign" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #114 (July 1982): "A Fantasy of the Autumn Moon" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #115 (Aug. 1982): "Deals" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #116 (Sep. 1982): "Blood of His Blood" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #119 (Dec. 1982): "Brynocki's Marauders" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #120 (Jan. 1983): "Dweller by the Dark Stream" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #121 (Feb. 1983): "Passing Strangers!" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #122 (Mar. 1983): "The Madhouse Effect" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #123 (Apr. 1983): "The Sins of the Son!" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #124 (May 1983): "Retribution!" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu #125 (June 1983): "Atonement" (lead character)
Master of Kung Fu Annual #1 (Apr. 1976): "The Fortress of S'ahra Sharn!" (lead character)

Master of Kung Fu: Bleeding Black #1 (Feb. 1990) (lead character)
Special Marvel Edition

Special Marvel Edition #15 (Dec. 1973): "Shang Chi, Master of Kung Fu!" (lead character)
Special Marvel Edition #16 (Feb. 1974): "Midnight Brings Dark Death!" (lead character)

Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #57 (Dec. 2001): "Storm Clouds Gathering" (cameo)
The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #122 (June 1979): "Cry for the Children!" (name seen in illustration (or on screen))
Wisdom

Wisdom #3 (Apr. 2007): "Enter with Dragon"
Wisdom #6 (July 2007): "Look Out, Here Comes Tomorrow" (cameo)

X-Men

X-Men (vol. 2) #62 (Mar. 1997): "Games of Deceit & Death, Part 1"
X-Men (vol. 2) #63 (Apr. 1997): "Games of Deceit & Death, Part 2"
X-Men (vol. 2) #64 (May 1997): "Games of Deceit & Death, Part 3"

Suggested links for further research about this character and the character's religious affiliation:
  - http://www.writeups.org/fiche.php?id=2809
  - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shang-Chi:_Master_of_Kung_Fu
  - http://www.comicvine.com/shang-chi/29-12716/
  - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366547/
  - http://www.comicboards.com/marvelguide/s2.html
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/shamshar.htm
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/marumass.htm